Letters to the Editor

Movie theater should offer healthier food options

On Nov. 15, my best friend and I attended the Twilight Marathon at the Fiddler 6 movie theater in Cedar City.

Having purchased the tickets in advance, I inquired about the availability of nutritional food as we were going to be there for 12 hours. I was told that usually when an event happens, the theater would provide sandwiches or pizza to purchase, but to check with a manager later as one was not available. I inquired again a few days later, still no answer. So the day of the great event, I inquired again. I was told the theater has candy, ice cream, popcorn and soda and no, we were not permitted to bring in food or drink from outside.

"Let them eat cake." This was not the French revolution!

While the marathon was wonderful, I must say I was disappointed in the food matter. Perhaps the fact the theater only sold 30 marathon tickets at $30 each, they felt we didn't need anything but their overpriced junk food.

Should the theater have another event where one is there for 12 hours, they might think of an alternative to junk food. Who said we're obese?

KarenAnn Rood

Cedar City

Amercians need to be united

Unity generates power. Unfortunately, there is a large contingent of American citizens who wish to secede from our beloved United States.

More than 99,000 Texas citizens have signed a petition to secede. This petition is one of dozens similar filed on the White House website.

It is amazing how humanity can be so bitter, when fellow citizens gain power through legal means, to the point of nullifying all ties with the mother country.

I know many regions of the world have been suffering for a very long time through disparities of religion leading to war. But, here in the United States, our Constitution and its benevolent attributes have proven to be a model of consistency toward harmony among its people, plus the development of its capabilities toward the freedom to live as one pleases.

With all this in mind, it is imperative for all American people to see the real light which gives them freedom and sanity.

Therefore, let us hope that 1865 remains a solid reminder of what people can accomplish for their country toward unity leading to harmony.

R. Vergught

Santa Clara

A victory for Ron Paul supporters

The Nevada GOP State Central Committee meeting on Nov. 17 was a victory for Ron Paul supporters and lovers of liberty. Resolutions were passed stating that the binding of Nevada's National Delegates was in violation of party rules and federal election laws, therefore the delegates were never bound.

The subsequent censuring by the state party of Delegation Chair Dr. Wayne Terhune, and the Nevada delegates who unbound from Romney, was totally improper.

The SCC also resolved that the "rules" passed at the national convention were never truly passed. If you watched the convention, you witnessed the chaos that ensued when a new set of draconian rules were swept into place, even though it seemed like a majority of the voice vote was "NO!" In spite of the dissension, Convention Chair John Boehner continued to read the teleprompter which scrolled up that the rules were unanimously adopted, when in actuality, they never were.

Since the 2012 rules were not accepted by the body, they were not in effect, and the 2008 rules were. Ron Paul was nominated as he did have the original required plurality of five states, and was never allowed the opportunity to give a nomination speech.